republican marriage
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An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were…
An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.
- Among other atrocities, he had instituted a new version of republican marriage, which involved tying a naked man and woman together and drowning them.
- "By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage."
Alternative letter-case form of republican marriage.
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